The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-06-16

Association on the 9th it was decided that
no more whisky be distilled in Kentucky
the present year. An officer Of the associa.
ton stated that there is now in bond in
Kentucky SO, 100000 gallons Of whisky, Of
which 18, 600, 900 gallons was distilled in the
last year. There are 5,000, 600 gallons in
foreign ports belonging to Kentucky men,
and all this makes supply great enough to
last three years.
Mrs. Pinkerton, wife Of the Rev. T. W.
Pinkerton, pastor Of the Christian church
at Decatur, ILL.,, few mornings ago poured
gasoline into coffee pot, by mistake, and
set the pot on an oil stove. The gasoline
exploded, and Harry Pinkerton, aged eleven
was fatally burned. Mr. and Mrs. Pinker-
ton was badly blistered in trying to save
the buy.
Near Gallipolis, O., on the 10th locomo-
tive on the Ohio & West Virginia railway
struck wagon containing j. Adams, his
wife and two children, instantly killing the
parents and one child. The other child was
unhurt. Adams was q wealthy farmer.
The blast furnaces and steel mills OF the
South Chicago Rolling Mill have closed
down on account of the exhaustion Of the
supply of coke, and 1, 800 Of the 2, 100 men
employed were thrown out of employment
in consequence.
The attempt of the Bricklayers' Union at
Chicago to have all differences with the
master masons settled by arbitration has
failed. The bosses on the 10th declined to
arbitrate, and consequently no one can tell
when the suspension Of building operations
in Chicago will be over.
A bill has passed the Illinois Legislature
providing that no person shall sell or fur
nish tobacco in any form to any minor
under sixteen years Of age, unless on writ
tan ordar 0f fc .diop
DR.. NJ. Jewett, a prominent Ohio horticul-
turist, died at his home in Akron, that
State, on the 9th, aged seventy-five years.
Thirty-two students graduated from the
Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md, on the
10th.
At Baltimore, Nd, on the 10th Captain
Warwick, OF the American bark Rose Innes,
was fined $400 for having John Olsen,
foreigner, on his vessel in the capacity Of
second mate. Olsen is Norwegian, and
was promoted from seaman to second mate
In violation Of a law which provides that no
person not citizen OF the United States
can be an officer Of an American vessel.
The mayor, chief of police, and several
other prominent citizens of Antonio, Tex,
were arrested on the 10th and taken before
the United States Commissioner, charged
with disturbing and breaking up Prohi-
bition meeting held on ground owned by the
Government.
A passenger train on the Detroit, Lam
sing & Northern railroad was ditched near
Merrill, Mich, on the 10th. The engine and
baggage car was smashed to fragments,
and Engineer Weidman, Fireman sCorbes
and Baggageman Sanford were injured.
All the passengers escaped with bruises.
Loss, $4,000.
Michael Hauck, an ex-director Of the Gin
cinnati city infirmary, was on the 10th
found guilty Of the charge Of signing q
fraudulent bill against the city in his official
capacity. This is his second trial for the
same offense, the jury having disagreed on
former trial. His fellow directors are in
exile in Canada
By the will of the late James F. Crosby,
an eccentric Chicagoan, his estate OF $500, :
600 is divided between the American Bap-
tist Missionary Union, the American Bap-
tist Home Mission Society, the American
Baptist Publication Society and the Baptist
Union Theological Seminary, Of Chicago.